Patent · US Expired

Fastening for a movable part of a motor vehicle

US5183300A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Andreas Bonne · Grünenbach, DE
Klaus Claar · Sindelfingen, DE
Jurgen Schrader · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 27, 1992
Grant date	Feb 2, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 27, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T292/1047
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A fastening arrangement for a movable part especially a folding top or a roof of a motor vehicle. The arrangement includes a rotary latch which serves for securing a fastening pin of the movable part and is rotatable by means of an actuating device for a blocking and release of the fastening pin which can be retained by means of a detent pawl. In the locked position of the fastening, the detent pawl rests in an undercut principal notch of the rotary latch. High frictional forces and disturbing noises therefore are avoided during the unlocking operation. The rotary latch is rotatable through a specific angle oppositely to the blocking direction of the detent pawl by means of a control device activatable by the actuating device.

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